The palace school Enderun, which is an important part of Ottoman court, was both a school and living space of the sultan. The ichoghlan who was taken to Enderun by collecting or as a gift for pasha started his education and he gained privilege to be promoted upper class if he was a successful. The promoted ichoghlan benefited from the sultan’s wealth. And if he was a loyal man, he could be the most important administratator of empire in the future. When a research on the history of Enderun is done, the period which must be emphasized on is Mehmed IV's reign which was from 1648 until 1687. In this time, the classical structure of Enderun was changed, falconers dormitory and the lower two dormitories closed and the number of the dumbs was reduced. In addition to the changes in Enderun, after Vienna defeat, the empire experienced serious economic problems. These problems affected Enderun too and some of the payment for ichoghlans was amended. That’s why both organizational structure and traditional payment of Enderun are difficult to examine. In this article, in the seventeenth century information about traditional payments kanûn-ı kadîm payment ve in‘âm- in Enderun will be given. In this way, the organizational structure of Enderun during the classical time, payment and in’am will be explain and the wealth and advantages of institution will be revealed when The Ottoman Empire experienced economic depression
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